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The corruption investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, which is threatening to bring down the Israeli government, potentially may have…
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A large group of rabbis spanning Judaism’s religious movements says it has an answer to the vexing question of how…
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When Iran effectively blocked a Canadian pro-Israel group from joining preparations for a major anti-racism forum last week, it…
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Miguel Segura Aguilo’s ancestors were executed as Jews five centuries ago in Spain, but he is not welcome in his…
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Eckehart Ruthenberg stands beside tombstones overgrown with moss and layered with leaves to have a smoke, then dons a yarmulke…
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Three Orthodox groups rejected calls on Jewish tourists to boycott the Beijing Olympics.  The Orthodox Union, Agudath Israel of America…
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It was the spring of 1943 when Otto Ernst Duscheleit, a Hitler Youth leader, received the call: Join the Waffen-SS…
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When Israel asked for European troops, including Germans, to patrol the Israel-Lebanon border area following Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah,…
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When Israel asked for European troops, including Germans, to patrol the Israel-Lebanon border area following Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah,…
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Belgian Jewish leader Joel Rubinfeld had a queasy feeling last year when he first heard about a state-sponsored Palestinian cultural…
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About an hour north of Hiroshima, where the world’s first atomic bombing incinerated an entire city in a matter of…
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It was the spring of 1943 when Otto Ernst Duscheleit, a Hitler Youth leader, received the call: Join the Waffen-SS…
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Belgian Jewish leader Joel Rubinfeld had a queasy feeling last year when he first heard about a state-sponsored Palestinian cultural…
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Belgian Jewish leader Joel Rubinfeld had a queasy feeling last year when he first heard about a state-sponsored Palestinian cultural…
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More than any other single event in recent years, the future of Bolivian Jewry may be determined by the outcome…
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The chairman of the United Israel Appeal announced that he would not seek a third term in office, citing the…
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Tibet was on the minds and signs of most of the thousands of demonstrators who turned out to protest…
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Italian police broke up a gang of neo-Nazis and arrested 16 people on hate crimes charges. The arrests took place…
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Montreal will again lead the world in the number of participants from one city in this year’s March of…
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Nino Dvali projects optimism and confidence, and her almond eyes sparkle when she talks about her lifelong dream: owning her…
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Holding a music box up to the microphone, Daniel Kahn asks his audience to stand at attention and spins the…
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Recently, historian Saul Friedlander was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his use of Holocaust-era diaries and memoirs. Now he’s…
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Italy’s pro-Israel ex-prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, will return to power for a third term. Berlusconi’s center-right coalition beat out the…
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The night bus to Limmud Moscow navigates the Friday-night gridlock of Mercedes’ and Range Rovers on Rublovskoye highway, the main…
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